‘X to the Z’: San Francisco official pushes city to condemn public hospital’s Zuckerberg name
A San Francisco city official is introducing a resolution to condemn the city’s public hospital…
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How HHS’s new hospital data reporting system will actually affect the U.S. Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — It’s a fight over something as seemingly mundane as government data collection. But…
What’s next for Anthony Fauci, if the White House continues to sour on him?
WASHINGTON — The White House in recent days has accelerated an effort that President Trump…
The CDC has always been an apolitical island. That’s left it defenseless against Trump
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country’s top public health agency,…
Listen: Trump’s FDA pressure, a microcosm of the pandemic, and squabbling over a vaccine
Who will stand up to the White House? How can hospitals protect workers from Covid-19?…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Trump officials maintain Covid-19 vaccine won’t be influenced by politics; Novartis pays $678 million to settle kickback charges
And so, another working week will soon come to an end. Not a moment too…
Ousted federal vaccine expert alleges health secretary has continued to retaliate
WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, the ousted federal vaccine expert, amended his whistleblower complaint Thursday against…
Opinion: The Trump rally in Tulsa is a recipe for disaster
President Trump is set to hold a rally Saturday evening inside the 19,199-seat Bank of…
Trump says Covid-19 is ‘dying out.’ Experts fear his dismissiveness could prolong the crisis
WASHINGTON — The White House is taking a new position on the coronavirus pandemic: a…
STAT Plus: Trump administration seeks to encourage ‘value-based’ drug pricing deals with new proposal
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to revamp certain Medicaid rules about drug prices in…
Trump administration pledges future Covid-19 vaccines will be free for ‘vulnerable’ Americans
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday pledged to provide a future Covid-19 vaccine for…
What does the FDA’s hydroxychloroquine decision mean for Covid-19 patients or politicians? And 4 other burning questions
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its already controversial emergency use…
In unusual revolt, scientists funded by Mark Zuckerberg criticize Facebook’s inaction on President Trump’s posts
Dozens of scientists who have received research funding from Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic vehicle have signed…
Debate over hydroxychloroquine spills over from the White House to congressional campaigns
WASHINGTON — Five months ahead of the general election, Democrats are escalating their attacks against…
Opinion: Cutting ties with WHO creates a scientific and leadership vacuum
In yet another example of brash finger-pointing, President Trump called out China last week as…
Experts warn of dire global health consequences if U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization
An American withdrawal from the World Health Organization could wreak profound damage on the global…
Trump: U.S. will terminate relationship with the World Health Organization in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
President Trump said Friday the U.S. would halt its funding of the World Health Organization…
Trump tries to convince voters he’s lowered drug prices, based only on a modest tweak to Medicare
WASHINGTON — President Trump used a glitzy Rose Garden address, flanked by pharmaceutical company CEOs…
Opinion: Life with lupus: Trump’s hydroxychloroquine hype puts my treatment — and himself — at risk
President Trump’s revelation this week that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off Covid-19 sent shivers…
Utah went all-in on an unproven Covid-19 treatment, then scrambled to course-correct
Even before President Trump started plugging chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatments, enthusiasm for the…
Opinion: A pandemic plan was in place. Trump abandoned it — and science — in the face of Covid-19
President Obama was bothered. It was the summer of 2009 and he was in a…
14 questions for Fauci, Redfield, and the other Trump officials testifying on the U.S. coronavirus response
The Trump administration figures who’ve led the federal government’s coronavirus response have escaped the wrath…
Vaccine expert says he was punished for raising concerns about Trump’s coronavirus response, nepotism
WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, the ousted head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority,…
A bipartisan group of former health officials seeks to sell a $46.5 billion coronavirus plan to the White House
WASHINGTON — In the past month, President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner has…
Trump hopes for 2 million tests per week by end of May — the low end of experts’ estimates of what’s needed to reopen
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a “blueprint” to increase capacity for coronavirus…
An ousted vaccine agency director offers an explosive, direct allegation: Trump is politicizing science
WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, the U.S. official who was ousted this week from a post…
Trump outlines ‘phases’ for reopening states once coronavirus cases begin to decline
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday told governors that they could begin to ease stay-at-home…
Trump announces a formal freeze on WHO funding, pending an investigation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump formally announced Tuesday that the United States will freeze funding…
Democrats scramble to turn the 2020 election into a referendum on Trump’s coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — Democratic groups are scrambling to recalibrate the party’s health care messaging for the…
Trump pledges to put a hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would halt funding to the…
White House urges Americans to wear cloth face coverings in public in bid to slow coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday announced new federal guidance that encourages Americans to use…
Social distancing, politicized: Trump allies are urging an end to isolation, worrying public health experts
WASHINGTON — How and whether to prevent disease is suddenly a political question. And in…
Trump says his belief in one potential coronavirus drug is ‘just a feeling’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday admitted that his enthusiasm for an antimalarial drug unproven…
‘A number of new stars’: The definitive guide to the Trump administration’s coronavirus response team
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence is in charge of the Trump administration’s response to…
Facing medical supply shortages, Trump invokes wartime law that could give government authority over private manufacturing
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he would invoke the Defense Production Act, a…
Trump expands coronavirus travel ban to U.K. and Ireland, hints at domestic restrictions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Saturday announced it would prevent non-Americans in the U.K….
Why Trump’s coronavirus speech, designed to calm, deepened panic
President Donald Trump’s televised address on Wednesday was clearly aimed at calming the U.S. public,…
Trump suspends travel from Europe for 30 days in response to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said the United States would suspend travel from Europe…
Watch: In prescient move, Bill Gates urged Trump to invest in pandemic preparedness two years ago
In words that now seem prescient, Bill Gates said in an interview with STAT two…
Progressives push Trump administration to ensure a future coronavirus vaccine is affordable
WASHINGTON — Progressive Democrats are pushing to constrain how much drug makers can charge for…
STAT Plus: What to expect at health tech’s big HIMSS conference — if it happens
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Trump’s tone toward pharma shifts, as he looks to drug makers to help with coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — President Trump had billed the meeting with pharmaceutical executives as a scolding waiting…
Trump administration expands coronavirus travel ban to include Iran
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Saturday announced it would expand an existing ban on…
Trump taps Pence to lead U.S. coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he had appointed Vice President Mike Pence to…
STAT Plus: New life for an old battle: Trump plan to remove tobacco regulation from FDA draws fire
An earlier version of this story first appeared in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the…
Trump doesn’t want the FDA to regulate tobacco
The Trump administration is proposing to strip the Food and Drug Administration of all authority…
Democrats interrupted Trump’s State of the Union to chant about their drug pricing bill
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s brief remarks on drug pricing during Tuesday’s State of the Union…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: France indicts Sanofi over epilepsy drug risks; Trump talk of drug pricing in SOTU speech may backfire
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, despite…
Sensing an advantage, Democrats dare Trump to talk drug prices during State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers aren’t likely to cheer for many lines in President Trump’s State…
A coronavirus ‘czar?’ Trump took the opposite course: a 12-member committee
WASHINGTON — President Obama had an Ebola “czar.’’ George W. Bush and Clinton had AIDS…